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The Naked Director’s Muse
How did the Netflix series fail Kaoru Kuroki's feminist legacy?
Go Backstage into the World of a Noh Performer
Hibiya Festival 2021’s Kanze Noh Theater Tour
Why the World Needs Literature
Conversations with award-winning author Yu Miri and translator Morgan Giles
mitsume
Dreamy indie tunes straight from Tokyo
The Mahabharata
Hiroshi Koike's most ambitious production questions the future of our world
Tokyo Music Scene: New Japan Releases this June
Get through the rainy season slump with our newest playlist
BAHK and SHART: Tokyo’s Gen Z Graffiti Artists
“Today is already too late to change the world, but it’s the earliest moment we have.”
The Sacrifice Needed to Live Between Cultural Worlds
Liane Wakabayashi’s new memoir ‘The Wagamama Bride’
Based in Japan: Kurume Kasuri
Saving an ancient textile treasure
Tokyo Music Scene: Newest Japan Releases this May
The latest tracks of Tokyo's hottest sound creators — all rounded up